WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Bryan
    n 1: United States lawyer and politician who advocated free
         silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching
         evolution in a Tennessee high school (1860-1925) [syn:
         Bryan, William Jennings Bryan, Great Commoner, Boy
         Orator of the Platte]
    2: a town of east central Texas